Men's Basketball

Gauchos Featured Minimum of Four Times During Big West TV Package

Sep 30, 2010

Sept. 30, 2010

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara will
be featured a minimum of four times and possibly as many as six
during the 2010-11 Big West Conference men's basketball television
package that the league revealed Wednesday. The Gauchos are the Big
West's defending regular season and tournament champion.

The first Gaucho game broadcast will be a Tuesday, Dec. 28
rematch of the 2010 Big West Tournament championship game. UCSB and
Long Beach State will battle at the Thunderdome in an 8:00 p.m.
game that will be aired on ESPNU.

The Gauchos will make consecutive television appearances at the
beginning of February. On Thursday, Feb. 3, the UCSB-Pacific game
will tip-off at 8:30 p.m. and be carried by ESPNU. Two days later,
on Saturday, Feb. 5, the Gauchos will host UC Davis at 7:30 p.m. in
a game that will be televised on Prime Ticket.

Fox Sports West will air Santa Barbara's Saturday, Feb. 12 game
at UC Irvine. The game against the Anteaters will start at 5:30
p.m.

UCSB could make two other appearances as part of the Big West
package. The most likely of the two will come on Saturday, Feb. 26
when three of four league games will be carried either on ESPN2,
ESPNU or Fox Sports West. The Gauchos play at Long Beach State that
evening and that game would seem a likely choice to air. The other
opportunity could come on Feb. 19, BracketBuster Saturday. ESPN,
ESPN2 and ESPNU will televise a total of 11 BracketBuster games.
The televised games will be announced on Jan. 31.

Santa Barbara will open its season with an exhibition game on
Friday, Nov. 5 when it hosts the Master's College at 7:00 p.m. The
Gauchos open the regular season on Friday, Nov. 12 when they travel
to Eugene, Ore., to play the University of Denver in the BTI
Invitational. They will also play North Dakota State and Oregon in
the tournament. UCSB's first home game will be against Fresno State
on Saturday, Nov. 20 at 7:00 p.m.

Season tickets for UCSB basketball are on sale now and the
deadline to renew has been extended to Oct. 15.

Men's season tickets start for as low as $125 and women's for as
low as $100. A special "Double-up" combo plan is available for $200
and includes tickets for every men's and women's game. Gold Zone
tickets, which include special Founders Room at the Thunderdome
events, require a $300 per seat donation to the Gaucho Fund in
addition to the cost of the season ticket. Gold Zone season ticket
holders also receive complimentary parking and entrance to the Gold
Hospitality Room pregame and halftime.

With the One
Donation is Gold program, all current season ticket holders in
the Gold Zone for soccer have made the required donations for
basketball and need only to pay for the cost of the basketball
season ticket.

To purchase tickets, please call (805) 893-UCSB, visit the
Ticket Office located inside the Intercollegiate Athletics building
on campus or buy online and print at home by clicking here.

The Intercollegiate Athletics Ticket Office has two parking
spaces adjacent to the building and is now open on Saturdays from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m., making it easier than ever for fans to purchase
tickets. The two parking spots, designated specifically for the
Ticket Office, are also available during weekday hours, which are 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.